Spain Ready For War Plan With Torpedo Fleets Unite With Battleships
Creelman-Dows reports from Madrid on April 19 claim Spain will combine torpedo flotillas at Cape Verde and Cadiz with battleships Portrayal of Sagasta seeking one decisive strike to avenge wounded honor. The piece argues Spain will reject diplomacy, pressuring the United States as the Cuban conflict intensifies. It notes public hostility to McKinley’s administration and predicts a strong naval move if delays persist. It also mentions Woodford’s optimistic yet questioned view of peace and a Brooklyn diplomat’s misleading assurances. The article closes with a unrelated note of New York on April 16 about ten small yachts for naval use.
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Sagasta
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Brooklyn
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Coal Cannot Go to Spain Steamer Hempstead
The Hampstead, loaded with coal, may be sold to the United States as Spain seeks fuel for a Western Atlantic fleet. Officials indicate a naval plan aims to deny coal shipments to Cape Verde and Havana, with other fuel points under pressure. Desperate Spanish efforts to secure coal face a London strike and cash constraints as the war situation develops.
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Cape Verde Islands
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England
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Food for an army in Cuba
New York reports Lieutenant Colonel Weston, assistant chief commissary of subsistence, says 150000 men could be fed in Cuba. He discusses sterilizing beef and potatoes for long storage, emphasizes strict bidding, quality control, and sourcing from regular dealers with rapid two hour orders. He notes cattle scarcity in Cuba but confidence in supplies and market proximity.
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Weston
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Ile
Celebrate Silver Jubilee Archbishop Corrigan Event
In New York on April 19 a plan to celebrate Archbishop Corrigan’s episcopal silver jubilee was outlined by leading Catholics at the Catholic Club. May 4 will crown religious ceremonies at the cathedral with vast clergy representation, followed by a May 5 reception for the archbishop at the Metropolitan Opera House.
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Corrigan
Catholic Club
Metropolitan Opera House
Spain claims first victory over United States in crisis
Havana dispatch notes Diario De La Marina editorial praising Spain for forcing U S forces to concede ground. It credits Spain's liberal government for avoiding bloodshed while asserting readiness to fight, insisting all rights are on Spain's side.
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Diario de la Marina
Spain
United States
England’s diplomats lose hope in mediation efforts
London reports the diplomatic corps has abandoned hope of effectual mediation as Spain and Austria took action today to assist their interests, intensifying the European tensions.
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London
Madrid Expects McKinley Ultimatum and US Action
Madrid reports say ministers expect Congress to decide action by midweek and await President McKinley. Cu ban rebels may shift once US course is clear. fear of armed intervention or autonomy as a pacific solution. Spain braces for Maine inquiry results and suppresses anti American disturbances while colonies show patriotism.
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Martial Law for Alaska Proposes Interior Rule
Captain P. Ray of the Eighth Infantry, wintering in Alaska, arrived in Portland and urged the War Department to send troops into Alaska interior and set up a military government in the Yukon. He doubts spring gold clean-up will exceed 8 million dollars. Turner of the Alaska relief expedition, back in Detroit, said two thirds of Alaska’s population has left Dyea and predicted Klondike gold shipments may total 30 million dollars this year. He questioned the $200,000 relief appropriation’s sufficiency.
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Ore
Alaskan Relief Expedition
Dyea
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St. Michael's
Turner
Alaska
Relief for reconcentradoes ships to Cuba under Red Cross
The New York central Cuban relief committee will load an American steamship with supplies for reconcentrados in Cuba and dispatch it to Key West for orders. A second ship will follow. Both sail under Red Cross flags with agents aboard to aid distribution, escorted if needed by treaty.
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Washington
Central Cuban Relief Committee of
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Key West
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American National Red Cross
Miss Hé Etie Hipiat
War of education foretold in naval clash tale
New York April 18 reports Joseph A Springer in Cuba predicts a world shattering war of education centered on a future open sea battle between modern ironclads. He calls Havana defendable only by starvation and envisions a protectorate to guide Cuba toward independence and mass American trade.
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United States
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Ida
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Japan
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Will Adopt Guerrilla Warfare In Case Of War
London hears government and commerce anticipate privateering if war breaks with Spain. Fetters of marque sought at Spanish embassy and naval commission. US embassy reports no applications. Spaniards may target American coastwise trade, not transatlantic ships. Admitalty favors scattered gunboat warfare along the coast if Cuba is lost, not large fleets. Merchant ships offered at embassies, but no negotiations with the United States.
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London
United States
Spain
Spanish Naval Commission
Cuba
Spanish Spies at Work in New York Navy Yard
In New York on April 18 authorities guard the Brooklyn navy yard against possible Spanish spy attacks. Secret service men monitor alleged operatives who await hostilities to strike. An anonymous warning signed Naturalized Citizen warned Admiral Bunce of Spaniards near Manhattan ready to act once war begins.
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Brooklyn Navy Yard
Navy Yard
United States Secret Service
Admiral Bunce
Spain
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